K-type star · orange

Yed Posterior

106 lybrightness mag 3.23G8III

Also catalogued as 2Eps Oph · HR 6075 · HD 146791 · HIP 79882 · Gliese GJ 3949

4,826 K

temperature

3.23

apparent magnitude

47.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

106 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

47.38×

the Sun's light output

0.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Yed PosteriorK-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

20 Oph →18 ly apart
50Sig Ser →20 ly apart
HR 6014 →24 ly apart
HR 5996 →24 ly apart
37 Lib →24 ly apart
HR 6372 →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3
72 Oph →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.